Clothes hanger



Sept. 11, 1951 PRlCE 2,567,348

CLOTHES HANGER Filed Feb. 27, 1948 Fig. 3.

4 Raymond F. Price INVENTOR.

BY ME/mi Patented Sept. 11, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CLOTHESHANGER Raymond F. Price, Tucson, Ariz.

Application February 2'7, 1948, Serial No. 11,400

Claims. 1

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in hangers and theprimary object of the present invention is to provide a hanger includinga pair of slidable and extendable arms which are selectively positionedfor engaging clothes or the like of various sizes.

Another important object of the present invention is to provide anadjustable clothes hanger including a pair of slidable garmentsupporting arms and novel and improved means for lockably retaining thearms in an extended position relative to each other.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a garment hangerso designed as to facilitate the same to be quickly and readilyadjustable for engaging various sizes of garments and which may beconveniently assembled to form a very small and compact articlefacilitating the transporting or shipping of the same in suit cases orother relatively small containers.

A still further aim of the present invention is to provide an adjustableclothes hanger that is simple and practical in construction, strong andreliable in use, neat and attractive in appearance, relativelyinexpensive to manufacture, and otherwise well adapted for the purposesfor which the same is intended. I

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which;

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the clothes hanger constructedin accordance with the present invention;

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary longitudinal horizontal sectionalview taken substantially on the plane of section line 2-2 of Fi ure 1;

Figure 3 is an enlarged transverse vertical sectional view takensubstantially on the plane of section line 33 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is an enlarged transverse vertical sectional view takensubstantially on the plane of section line 44 of Figure 1; and,

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the lower portion of thesupport engaging member used in conjunction with the present invention,and showing the manner in which the garment supporting arms are retainedin a locked position thereto.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, wherein for the purpose ofillustration, there is disclosed the preferred embodiment of the presentinvention, the numeral I0 represents a support engaging membergenerally, comprising a hook element 12 that is rotatably carried by thejoined or integral inner ends 14 of a pair of oppositely disposed,arcuate hanger arms l6. The outer ends I8 of these hanger arms iii arerigidly secured to or form an integral part Of a substantiallyrectangular, horizontally disposed locking bar or rail 20, the lowerface 22 of which is provided with a plurality of longitudinally spacedtransversely disposed notches or recesses 24, for a purpose which willlater be more fully apparent.

Spaced parallel to the rail or locking bar 20,

' is a further substantially rectangular rail or brackets 28 are turnedinwardly and fixed to the I lower face of the rail 26 by further rivetsor the like 34.

Slidably positioned between the rails 20 and 26, is a pair of extendablegarment supporting arms 36 and 38, the inner ends 40 and 42 of whichreceive outwardly extending headed fasteners 44 that slidably engage thecentral cutouts or notches 46 in substantially rectangular lockingplates 48 having notch engaging edges 50.

Embracing the rails 20 and 26 is a pair of substantially U-shaped guidebands 52 and 54, the ends 56 and 58 of which are turned inwardly tofixedly engage rivets 60 for securing the same to the arms 36 and 38. Tofurther retain the rails 20 and 26 spaced parallel to each other, thereis provided a split substantially rectangular band 62 the ends of whichare fixed to the rail 26. This latest band 62 limits the inward slidingmovement of the arms 36 and 38 relative to each other.

In practical use of the present hanger, the guides 52 and 54 are pushedoutwardly until the arms 36 and 38 are extended to a selected positionrelative to each other, whereby the plates '48 are pushed upwardly sothat the edges 56 thereof will frictionally engage selected notches 24in the rail 20.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of thedevice will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A moredetailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shownand described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same issusceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of theinvention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A clothes hanger comprising a support engaging member including asubstantially horizontally disposed rail, a further rail spaced relativeto the first mentioned rail, means connecting and spacing the railsrelative to each other, a pair of extendable support arms slidablypositioned between the rails, and means carried by the arms for engagingone of the rails to lock the arms in a selected extended positionrelative to the rails.

2. The combination of claim 1 wherein said locking means includeslocking plates, one of which is slidably carried by each of said supportarms, and a plurality of longitudinally spaced transverse notchesprovided in the first mentioned rail for selectively receiving thelocking plates.

3. A clothes hanger comprising upper and lower spaced rails, channelbrackets connecting and spacing said rails relative to each other, apair of extendable support arms slidably mounted between said rails andslidably received by said channel brackets, slidable locking platescarried by said arms and having straight edges, and a plurality oflongitudinally spaced transverse notches provided in the inner face ofone of said rails adapted to selectively receive the straight edges ofsaid locking plates.

4. A clothes hanger comprising upper and lower spaced parallel rails,said upper rail including a lower flat face having a plurality of spacedparallel transverse notches therein, a pair of arms slidably receivedbetween the rails and having inner ends, and a locking plate slidablycarried by the inner end of each arm for entering selected notches insaid upper rail.

5. The combination of claim 4 wherein said locking plates each includean upper straight edge of entering the notches to retain the armsadjusted relative to each other, and said plates each having a centralcut-out, fasteners extending through the cut-outs and into the innerends of said arms and slidably supporting said plates.

RAYMOND F. PRICE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,148,688 Freise Feb. 28, 19392,446,312 Usina Aug. 3, 1948 2,510,587 Keys June 6, 1950 FOREIGN PATENTSNumber Country Date 494,210 Great Britain Oct. 21, 1938

